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November 29, 2011

For the last few years I have sent Christmas Post Cards instead of regular cards. I do it for a few reasons. I can print them out with a short Christmas letter (No one wants to read one of those long letters) on the front. And a very short, yet personal note to the recipient on the back, plus I save money on postage!

I print 4 to a sheet of card stock

I blurred out names and details so the blog stalking boggie men would not get me!

I use a postcard rubber stamp on the back, but you could just draw a line to divide where you are going to write a note and the address

Then my personal note...Lord, I have the worst handwriting in the world!

I have 45 Cards ready to be mailed! I feel like super women!!

I also printed and addressed 25 post card invites to my annual

"Ladies only Champagne Holiday brunch"

This is way to fun! Every year, my lady friends come over after church, dressed in their Sunday best and we have brunch, an ornament exchange, and tons of chit chat....it's a whirlwind 2 hours. I started having it on Sundays years ago because everyone seemed to have so many commitments on Friday and Saturday during the Christmas season. It's a great way to stay connected with my girlfriends from all walks of life, it might be the only time we have been able to get together all year!

November 26, 2011

I have so many old books so I thought....Hum, I wonder if I could make them into candles holders? This might look good for holiday decorating?

I started by tracing around my candles

Then I clamped the book together leaving the back jacket out of the mix so I could cut through the pages, then glue the back cover to hold the candles in place

I used my jigsaw for the big hole and these red thingys on my drill to cut the smaller holes

Don't worry if they are not exactly perfect holes because you are going to cover them with sheet music or scrap paper

Now I mod podged around all of the pages and the back cover and used the old brick trick and let it dry

If you have a great looking book you could leave the book jacket on, but since mine was an old math book I pulled it off. Then brought out my stamps and walnut ink and mod podged on a new top page, all of the details are on my post altering books

I think I'll do another one with a Christmas Theme

I put lace around the candles and tied a cord around the book

I know you will come up with great ways to alter this simple project and make it your own....I'm just the idea thrower!

November 16, 2011

This is a wonderful event held twice a year in the cute little historic town of Lakeland which is 1 hour south of Orlando

It is a mix of Shabby antiques, jewelry, primitives, Children's clothes, candles, there was even a booth selling Annie Sloan chalk paint

Paris Rags had the cutest altered clothes

I get so inspired when I go to fairs

You had to wait to get in this booth it was so crowded. She had gorgeous and unique altered jewelry

I want this, isn't it gorgeous to put on a buffet!

My Friends Kathy And Sue from Suebees took the plunge and did their first fair

I've heard from a few people that have antiques booths and also do fairs, that a lot of money can be made at a fair compared to a booth. I would love to hear your experience!

Doing an antique fair is something that is on my "Bucket list". I have never done a fair of any type and I Sooo want to give it a whirl. The Shabby Flea would be perfect because it is just one day from 10-4. The lugging of product is what gives me pause.....Maybe I could sell feathers!

November 10, 2011

I don't often see something that I can't live without, but when my friends Stacy And Sissie both posted this picture on their blogs...I simply had to have that fabric!

I lost my mind looking for it, I Googled all over the place, pink toile, angel toile, etc, etc,....Then there it was..I purchased it from Carousel Designs and took a sigh of relief when it was only $11.90 a yard, because I had to have it at any cost.

I wanted to use it to redo my dining room

I didn't totally hate the dining room as it was, but my....How should I say this..."Fluffier" friends, did not feel that the vintage folding chairs were sturdy enough

So, I found these chairs for $10 a piece at the antique store

And with a little love, heirloom white paint, and 2" foam cushions..... I have to add, that it took forever to work the corners of the cushions so I wouldn't have any creases or bunching of fabric...Hum, maybe 1" foam would have been OK!

My vision came to life...Don't you love it when that happens!

But, then I didn't love the window bench

So, with a little help from Billie

I decided to slip cover it

Then it all came together!

I have a small house in downtown Orlando, so we aren't talking a huge dining room here, but the antique table opens up and I have seated (Squeezed) 8 people in my little dining room.

Oh, in case you were wondering, I purchased the rug many years ago at Target, I wish I had bought two!

My Mom thinks my dining room would be perfect if I would just paint that old chippy table LOL!

Baby boy is visiting from DC, so if I don't get back to you right away it's because I'm busy waiting on him hand and foot...Something Mom's do when grown kids visit!